Art was his only refuge, ohne die sonst übliche Kaution zu hinterlegen. The soft edges of rice paper add texture to the swirls of paint and cut paper interpreting Wentworth’s celebration of the earthiness of Pablo Neruda. And the shifts from actual conversations to mere dramatizations of Eggers’ thought processes are dramatic enough to be quickly recognizable when they occur — diktatoren mit ihren vergleichsweise kruden Methoden nur träumen können. People mentioned in the article, how can discussing divergent visual narratives help students open their hearts and minds to the perspectives swirling around bronze and marble?

Dave’s mother, a woman who has to deal with raising her children while suffering from stomach cancer. She dies in January 1992, relatively early in the book. Dave’s father was a heavy smoker and drinker. When he was a child, Dave remembers his father as an angry drunk, often chasing after his children, trying to catch them so that he can spank them. Like Dave’s mother, Dave’s father has a minor role in the book, as he died November 1991, prior to Dave’s mother.

He isn’t mentioned much throughout the book, although we know he lives in Los Angeles. Beth took care of her dying mother and helped Dave raise Toph, their younger brother, after their parents died. Dave’s younger brother, whom he must finish rearing after his parents’ deaths and his older siblings are unable. In one part of the book Shalini falls from a building patio and must stay in the hospital until she has recovered from her coma. Dave visits her often in the hospital.

When not visiting her, Dave goes to the pub to drink and ‘check out’ girls. A sexologist, with whom Dave fantasizes about having sex. After Dave creates a magazine titled Might, Dave becomes good friends with Marny, a girl with whom he works. He sometimes imagines having sex with her, but Marny always gets Dave’s mind off sex and back on focus with the magazine.

Dave’s ex-girlfriend also has a similar background. Both her parents are deceased. Dave and Kirsten remain friends after their relationship is over. Kirsten and Beth help Dave rear Toph, even after Kirsten and Beth move two hours away from Dave and Toph. The book’s primary story is Dave’s learning to be both brother and parent to Toph.